A new report points to significant growth among Medicare Advantage plans that offer benefits focused on social determinants of health, with benefits more than tripling since 2020. Since Special ...

Social determinants of health are conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and ...

Children’s Mercy Hospital of Kansas City is testing out a new decision support tool that addresses one of today’s biggest barriers to healthcare access. Taking the next step in leveraging the social ...

Rural, critical access and safety net hospitals have not expanded initiatives to address social determinants of health in vulnerable patient populations, and some are implementing fewer such ...

Given 80 percent of a person’s health is influenced by non-medical factors, it’s no surprise that both health care providers and health plans are looking for ways to better manage the broader set of ...

Social determinants of health are associated with colonoscopy noncompletion in a Medicaid patient population at the Providence Community Health Centers. Objectives: Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening ...

Residence in a more disadvantaged neighborhood was associated with higher likelihood of being a high-cost utilizer among older adults and lower likelihood among younger adults. Objectives: To assess ...

Maximizing Federal Investments To Address Social Determinants of Health In its response to a request for information from the Congressional Caucus for Social Determinants of Health, CAP outlined ...

Maternal deaths across the U.S. skyrocketed during the pandemic, with the fatality rate climbing 40% between 2020 and 2021, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data brief released Thursday ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with OA who had difficulties with social determinants of health less likely underwent TJA. Difficulties ...